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It's using CompMgmtLauncher.exe to display its window if that helps anyone track it down.
Hai Andy Welcome to SF ,
Maybe you can take a look of this thread it might help
right click COMPUTER icon, MANAGE has SHIELD by it
Well I think i've fixed it with shexview.exe, this particular item just has a ? for its name I disabled it and Manage and Windows Media Player 12 both work the same as normal now. It's still worrying though as I have no idea why it got that way in the first place.
Glad that your issue is fixed
Extension " ? " doesn't actually give much information. .NET framework it kind of generic because Context Menu is adding to ASP.NET Controls. So i guess you don't have to worry about it because if it important i don't think the Extension name would be " ? "
More info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163848.aspx
The worry may be over already, I think I've figured out what program pissed about with my computer. If you look at the picture above you will see the date the CLSID was changed, I looked through the install dates of my programs and found one program installed that day that could be a probable cause, in this case it was some junk called 'balesio FILEminimizer' that came free with Nero 9 that I purchased on the same day. Anyway I removed it and after refreshing shexview.exe the ? had disappeared, hopefully that's sorted it out.
Thanks for the help Jack
Its funny you mention FILEminimizer, I also found this software installed with my nero. Come to find out, it is also given out free on a site called "Giveawayoftheday.com"....I wonder if that was the cause of my mange computer issue? I will look into it more, but for now, I'm good..Thanks!
Just wanted to confirm , I had the very same problem and AndyDigital was right it was Fileminimizer , I had it installed on my system when the problem occured , I uninstalled it and everything is back to normal again .
I REALLY can't stand when software installs cr@p on your system without asking !
Thanks to all for your replies, I had the same issue and was able to solve it: I also received the FileMinimizer Suite because I purchased an upgrade to Nero 9 and initially thought it could be useful... However, I could not find the extension using ShellExView. But after having a closer look to the folder that contains FileMinimizer, I noticed the following two files:
- FILEMShell.exe
- ShellMenu.ext
and decided to rename their extension to .NOTEXE.
After re-starting the system, the problem was solved and FileMinimizer still seems to work. I'll probably de-install it anyway however, because I don't like that kind of "marketing" at all...